The WTA Ranking has been updated today, Monday, September 11, with
Iga Swiatek losing her No. 1 spot to
Aryna Sabalenka and
Coco Gauff on the rise after her US Open success.
After two weeks of intense battles and high stakes, the last Grand Slam of the year is over - and it has caused some big shake-ups in the rankings. First and foremost, Swiatek has been dethroned from her position as World No. 1 after holding the top spot for 75 weeks, the tenth-longest amount of time in history.
The 22-year-old finally fell to Sabalenka after months of being chased by the Belarusian. Coming into the US Open, the two players knew that the only way Swiatek would keep the top spot was if Sabalenka was eliminated before her. Therefore, if they were ousted at the same stage or her rival did better than her, the Polish player would lose the No. 1 ranking.
However, after Swiatek was ousted in the Round of 16 and Sabalenka progressed on to the final, the change was confirmed and the former has now officially dropped to No. 2. Meanwhile, the 25-year-old who finished as runner-up at Flushing Meadows starts today as World No. 1 for the first time in her career.
Gauff becomes top American
Meanwhile, Gauff's victory at the US Open, which is the 19-year-old's first Grand Slam title, sees her rise three places from sixth to enter the top 3. In doing so, she has usurped her compatriot and doubles partner Jessica Pegula, who drops to fifth after being ousted in the fourth round of the New York major. Nevertheless, the pair have regained the top spot in doubles together, as Gauff's rise now makes her the American No. 1.
Elsewhere in the top 10, Marketa Vondrousova has moved up from ninth to sixth after a run to the quarter-finals, while Ons Jabeur has dropped from fifth to seventh after a fourth-round defeat.
Semi-finalist Karolina Muchova has solidified her place in the top 10 by rising from tenth to eighth, while Maria Sakkari and Caroline Garcia, who were both eliminated in the first round of the American Slam, see themselves fall to ninth and tenth respectively. Elena Rybakina is the only non-mover, staying at No. 4.
Outside the top 10, Madison Keys has soared up six places to No. 11 after reaching the semi-finals, while Jelena Ostapenko, who ousted Swiatek at the US Open, has moved up five places to No. 16. At the same time, Victoria Azarenka has fallen out of the top 20 and now sits at No. 23 after her second-round defeat. Meanwhile, Karolina Pliskova and Danielle Collins have dropped out of the top 30 and top 40 respectively.
WTA Rankings as of 11-09-23
1 Aryna Sabalenka 25 BLR 9266 1
2 Iga Świątek 22 POL 8195 -1
3 Coco Gauff 19 USA 6165 3
4 Elena Rybakina 24 KAZ 5790
5 Jessica Pegula 29 USA 5755 -2
6 Markéta Vondroušová 24 CZE 3830 3
7 Ons Jabeur 29 TUN 3771 -2
8 Karolína Muchová 27 CZE 3765 2
9 Maria Sakkari 28 GRE 3525 -1
10 Caroline Garcia 29 FRA 3050 -3
11 Madison Keys 28 USA 2940 6
12 Daria Kasatkina 26 RUS 2790 2
13 Barbora Krejčíková 27 CZE 2751 -1
14 Petra Kvitová 33 CZE 2750 -3
15 Belinda Bencic 26 SUI 2715 -2
16 Jeļena Ostapenko 26 LAT 2580 5
17 Ludmilla Samsonova 24 RUS 2415 -2
18 Veronika Kudermetova 26 RUS 2250 -2
19 Ekaterina Alexandrova 28 RUS 2250 1
20 Beatriz Haddad Maia 27 BRA 2220 -1
21 Donna Vekić 27 CRO 2125 1
22 Qinwen Zheng 20 CHN 2123 1
23 Victoria Azarenka 34 BLR 2065 -5
24 Magda Linette 31 POL 1816
25 Elina Svitolina 28 UKR 1809 1
26 Sorana Cîrstea 33 ROU 1760 4
27 Anastasia Potapova 22 RUS 1615
28 Anhelina Kalinina 26 UKR 1537
29 Elise Mertens 27 BEL 1509 3
30 Marie Bouzková 25 CZE 1453 1
31 Elisabetta Cocciaretto 22 ITA 1390 -2
32 Mayar Sherif 27 EGY 1385 1
33 Jasmine Paolini 27 ITA 1330 2
34 Karolína Plíšková 31 CZE 1325 -9
35 Lin Zhu 29 CHN 1268 9
36 Sloane Stephens 30 USA 1265
37 Petra Martić 32 CRO 1263
38 Anna Blinkova 25 RUS 1263
39 Xinyu Wang 21 CHN 1261 14
40 Lesia Tsurenko 34 UKR 1211 6
41 Linda Nosková 18 CZE 1204
42 Varvara Gracheva 23 FRA 1196 -2
43 Danielle Collins 29 USA 1192 -9
44 Peyton Stearns 21 USA 1186 15
45 Marta Kostyuk 21 UKR 1170 -6
46 Alycia Parks 22 USA 1168 -4
47 Arantxa Rus 32 NED 1152 -2
48 Tatjana Maria 36 GER 1125 -1
49 Irina-Camelia Begu 33 ROU 1108 -6
50 Katie Boulter 27 GBR 1057 11
51 Sara Sorribes Tormo 26 ESP 1056 4
52 Paula Badosa 25 ESP 1048 -4
53 Martina Trevisan 29 ITA 1037 5
54 Kateřina Siniaková 27 CZE 1029 -5
55 Lauren Davis 29 USA 1004 -5
56 Camila Giorgi 31 ITA 983 -4
57 Mirra Andreeva 16 RUS 979 6
58 Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 28 SVK 967 6
59 Bernarda Pera 28 USA 964 14
60 Lucia Bronzetti 24 ITA 950 16
61 Emma Navarro 22 USA 943 -4
62 Ana Bogdan 30 ROU 942 -2
63 Elina Avanesyan 20 RUS 931 3
64 Bianca Andreescu 23 CAN 922 -13
65 Rebeka Masarova 24 ESP 912 6
66 Clara Burel 22 FRA 895 -4
67 Magdalena Fręch 25 POL 888 10
68 Linda Fruhvirtová 18 CZE 884 -12
69 Greet Minnen 26 BEL 881 28
70 Claire Liu 23 USA 879 -1
71 Nadia Podoroska 26 ARG 866 -1
72 Yanina Wickmayer 33 BEL 850 13
73 Julia Grabher 27 AUT 844 -19
74 Leylah Fernandez 21 CAN 835 -7
75 Camila Osorio 21 COL 832 -7
76 Kamilla Rakhimova 22 RUS 826 -4
77 Clara Tauson 20 DEN 820 10
78 Tamara Korpatsch 28 GER 808 -3
79 Cristina Bucșa 25 ESP 805 -14
80 Caty McNally 21 USA 805 -6
81 Nao Hibino 28 JPN 804
82 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 32 RUS 790 16
83 Diana Shnaider 19 RUS 790 1
84 Kateryna Baindl 29 UKR 790 -1
85 Jodie Burrage 24 GBR 783 11
86 Viktoriya Tomova 28 BUL 782 -4
87 Tamara Zidanšek 25 SLO 777 31
88 Yulia Putintseva 28 KAZ 767 -10
89 Rebecca Peterson 28 SWE 766 -3
90 Diane Parry 21 FRA 757 -2
91 Xiyu Wang 22 CHN 756 4
92 Anna Kalinskaya 24 RUS 755 -3
93 Sofia Kenin 24 USA 752 8
94 Anna-Lena Friedsam 29 GER 750 -4
95 Danka Kovinić 28 MNE 737 -1
96 Yafan Wang 29 CHN 737 18
97 Kayla Day 23 USA 731 -4
98 Jaqueline Cristian 25 ROU 730 1
99 Alizé Cornet 33 FRA 727 -20
100 Lucrezia Stefanini 25 ITA 690 2